In search of the neurobiological substrates for social playfulness in mammalian brains

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1821-1830

  Siviy, Stephen M ^a   Panksepp, Jaak ^b  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Affect; Development; Emotions; Juvenile; Play; Rat; Review; Rough and tumble

Indexed keywords

ENDOCANNABINOID; ENDORPHIN; MONOAMINE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; COGNITION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PLAY; PLAYFULNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TECTUM; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; MAMMALS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RATS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80052770057     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.03.006     Document Type: Review

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